as in sickening
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
her relentlessly vicious gossiping is absolutely nauseating
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as in disgusting
to cause to feel disgust
such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency
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Recent Examples of nauseating
Jason Parham, Wired, 12 May 2020
It was finalized on March 31 amid a public-health crisis and a nauseating recession, with only a presidential tweet and a five-sentence press release to show for itself.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2020
Only one team in the top eight in pace is in the top 10 in free-throw shooting — Houston, whose best player, James Harden, is an excellent free-throw shooter who gets to the line at a nauseating pace.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2019
Violent movies and video games are not the cause of the nauseating wave of mass shootings and random gun deaths in this country; the cause is the guns.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2019
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Since the rise of personal video technologies, particularly the smartphone camera, modern lynchings of black men and women like Arbery’s have been captured with nauseating frequency.
—Jason Parham, Wired, 12 May 2020
It was finalized on March 31 amid a public-health crisis and a nauseating recession, with only a presidential tweet and a five-sentence press release to show for itself.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2020
Only one team in the top eight in pace is in the top 10 in free-throw shooting — Houston, whose best player, James Harden, is an excellent free-throw shooter who gets to the line at a nauseating pace.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2019
Violent movies and video games are not the cause of the nauseating wave of mass shootings and random gun deaths in this country; the cause is the guns.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseating
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Sunday night’s premiere at the Eccles Center was met with screams, laughs and squirms of discomfort during the film’s more sickening moments.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States, sickening millions of Americans.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Daily Show’s Gross-out Prop Comedy The news is surreal, disgusting, and upsetting.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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What a horrible woman to launch such a disgusting smear against family.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Also: Her ugly drag face at the start of the competition has apparently freed her up to do character paints in the challenges that the other girls aren’t touching.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Before long, the question of what comes next — and whether Anand and Balya have a future — rears its ugly head.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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Gigi Rodriguez The impact of affirming parents Spencer: That's awful.—
Spencer Macnaughton,
Them,
1 Feb. 2025
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Finally, there’s an interminably long Golden Girls sketch with Acacia (who is fine but not actually funny) and Lydia (who is awful).—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Traffic was horrible and the private crews can’t turn on a siren, ignore traffic laws, and drive on the wrong side of the road like public firefighters.—
Joseph Bien-Kahn,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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Recommended Trump moves from ‘American carnage’ to ‘a horrible betrayal’ in second inaugural Juries also convicted some on charges of seditious conspiracy, which refers to activities that undermine a state without directly attacking it.—
Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 Jan. 2025
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SpaceX plans to launch a second mission this evening, which wouldn't be shocking — the company has sent two rockets up just hours apart before.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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The trade, though, was shocking even with Lakers star Anthony Davis being involved in the package because of Luka’s young age, coupled with his accomplishments, including leading a Mavericks team to the NBA Finals last season.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Rust is a big deal, as is the fact that many Panteras have been mangled by previous owners bestowing hideous enhancements (think bad celebrity plastic surgery) on otherwise desirable cars.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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Also, there may be three outfits, but that’s less exciting when all three of them are hideous.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2025
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So Far Layton’s contributions also include a playfully obscene drawing that Cohen faxed to her, the photograph of Ihlen used on the back cover of Cohen’s Songs from a Room, and the key to an entrance of Cohen’s apartment on the Greek island of Hydra.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2025
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Following an extensive investigation, police said detectives obtained an arrest warrant charging 29-year-old Curtis Field of Vernon with disseminating obscene material to a minor.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Nauseating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseating. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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